MONITORING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An appliance monitoring and reporting system for monitoring an appliance configured to operate according to a plurality of cycles of operation, each cycle denoted by a classification, the monitoring system comprising:
- a data acquisition module configured to sense or receive from the appliance signals indicative of the operation of the appliance; and
a data processing module configured to receive and process information indicative of the operation of the appliance, the received information based on the sensed or received signals from the appliance, the data processing module comprising;
a memory for storing associations between a plurality of classifications and a corresponding plurality of sets of reference data; and
a processor configured to;
compare the received information to the plurality of sets of reference data;
identify a match between the received information and one of the sets of reference data; and
upon identification of a match, determine the classification associated with the matched set of reference data.
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Abstract
An appliance monitoring and reporting system for monitoring an appliance operating according to a plurality of cycles of operation, each cycle denoted by a classification. The system including a data acquisition module configured to sense or receive signals indicative of the operation of the appliance, and a data processing module configured to receive and process information indicative of the operation of the appliance, the received information being based on the sensed or received signals from the appliance, the data processing module including, a memory for storing associations between a plurality of classifications and a corresponding plurality of sets of reference data, and a processor configured to, compare the received information to the plurality of sets of reference data, identify a match between the received information and one of the sets of reference data, and upon identification of a match, determine the classification associated with the matched set of reference data.
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43 Claims
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1. An appliance monitoring and reporting system for monitoring an appliance configured to operate according to a plurality of cycles of operation, each cycle denoted by a classification, the monitoring system comprising:
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a data acquisition module configured to sense or receive from the appliance signals indicative of the operation of the appliance; and a data processing module configured to receive and process information indicative of the operation of the appliance, the received information based on the sensed or received signals from the appliance, the data processing module comprising; a memory for storing associations between a plurality of classifications and a corresponding plurality of sets of reference data; and a processor configured to; compare the received information to the plurality of sets of reference data; identify a match between the received information and one of the sets of reference data; and upon identification of a match, determine the classification associated with the matched set of reference data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 42)
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22. A method of monitoring an appliance configured to operate according to a plurality of cycles of operation, each cycle denoted by a classification, the method comprising:
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sensing or receiving, by a data acquisition module, signals from the appliance indicative of the operation of the appliance; transmitting information indicative of the operation of the appliance to a data processing module, the information based on the signals sensed or received by the data acquisition module; comparing, by the data processing module, the information indicative of the operation of the appliance with a plurality of sets of reference data stored in a memory; identifying a match between the information and one of the sets of reference data; and determining the classification associated with the matched set of reference data. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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43. A data processing module configured to receive and process information indicative of the operation of an appliance, the received information based on the sensed or received signals from the appliance, the data processing module comprising:
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a memory for storing associations between a plurality of classifications and a corresponding plurality of sets of reference data; and a processor configured to; compare the received information to the plurality of sets of reference data; identify a match between the received information and one of the sets of reference data; and upon identification of a match, determine the classification associated with the matched set of reference data.
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